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SHAMELESS! I can't believe you'd stoop so low.:eek: My order says it should arrive sometime between 8-05 and 8-11. They never bothered to email me, even though I ORDERED FRIGGIN' THREE MONTHS AGO! So anyway, I just fired off an email to see if they'll give it to me for free or something.:D...

1. No. Yes 2. Maybe. I'm not sure how the DS feat works, but the animated shield PROTECTS as normal. I don't think you can command the shield to bash, for that you'd need a Dancing Shield. So, if the feat requires you to actually be wielding the shield, I'd say no. Yes. The ring of Force...

I don't see any reason in the rules to disallow using RS, TWF, and FoB together. Actually, I don't see any reason to disallow this, because of the HEAVY penalties this concept brings about, even considering Brilliant Energy kamas. And you thought your monk couldn't hit with his Flurry of...

My rogue has a dagger of vampirism. We've been playing that they stack up to a max of your normal total + 4. So, if you aren't taking damage, then it's not very helpful. However, the DC is so low (Fort 16), that at my level (14), it hasn't been effective much of the time...maybe 1 out of...

[/b] Those passages do not prove your point. All it says is that grappling provokes an AoO and to maintain your grapple, you have to move into your ALREADY-GRAPPLED foe's square, provoking AoO's from those threatening your square. Grappling creatures don't threaten an area. [/b]That's a pretty...

[/b] Almost. You don't have to know the exact square to take your AoO, but if you guess wrong, you're out one of your AoO's (matters for those with Combat Reflexes). [/b] Here the rules are clear. To find someone invisible, read the invisibility section in the DMG. You can locate the exact...

[/b] Thanks for the reference, but it's no help. I've already looked there to no avail. Can anyone provide an actual quote that says flatout that touch attacks provoke AoO's. If that's the case, then spells like Harm would then provoke AoO's, which afaik they don't. The difference is the DM...

[/b] It doesn't matter. Explain it in-game how you like (i.e. the enemy doesn't notice the spell being cast until it's too late), but by the rules, it's irrelevant. A caster casting defensively does not provoke an AoO...period. [/b] Again, explain it in-game how you like, but there are rules...

That's right. Except, UD would help against blinking I think, which does bypass Blindsight. That's about as far as I would extrapolate the UD ability personally. Expert Tactician works just fine, as does QttE.

Why not? You hear someone entering your square (make your Listen check) and take a swing in that direction. It's debatable whether it's the touch attack or the movement into the square that causes the AoO...the "why" or "how" is not spelled out in the rules afaik. Bullrush uses a similar...

Why in the world would an invisible caster want to reveal his location by bluffing to cast a spell?:eek: If you cast on the defensive, you don't provoke an AoO period...whether the caster is invisible or not is irrelevant. However, you can still give the guy a Listen check to notice the...

You can quite easily take an AoO on an invisible foe trying to grapple you. That invisible dwarven fighter in fullplate makes a boatload of noise, which will easily be picked up by a Listen check. Look at the DMG for rules on the proper Listen DC. I believe it is 0 (while in combat) + 20 (to...

If that's the case, the DM should say, "You hear someone casting a spell right next to you (let's assume he didn't hear the caster approach, so he must have either teleported or has rogue levels or something), but you don't realize it until it's too late." Casting on the defensive does not...

Re: Re: Re: Spell choice... Yes, but what about the rest of the party? Right after the fireball comes a Cone of Cold, followed by 5 arrows from the arcane archer, followed by the rogue's sneak attack, followed by...you get the idea. The point is, damage is good. I do like the Wall of Force...

Exactly. Since you can do stuff like grapple or trip with an AoO, the AoO is definitely NOT a series of feints and wild swings that happen to get through when his defenses are down. To get an AoO vs. an invisible foe next to you drinking a potion, you must make a Listen check to notice him...

Thanks shilsen, that clears things up as far as the rules go. So, by the rules, I guess Endure Elements won't stop the ray of frost + sneak attack damage.

I thought there was a rule that said for DR, you use the base damage and apply it. Sneak attack is bonus damage, not base damage right? You add it at the end, AFTER applying to the DR. The same as with bonus elemental damage, or precise strike. I would use the same principle for Endure...

It does if he has a +2 dagger or GMW. My rogue has never had a problem defeating DR. This shouldn't be a recurring problem for any normal campaign (unless low magic is normal for you). I just have a hard time rationalizing or explaining how any sneak attack damage gets through from a spell or...

From the SRD under the Spell Storing description: "Any time the weapon strikes a creature and the creature takes damage from it, the weapon can immediately cast the spell on that creature as a free action if the wielder desires." [emphasis mine] Unless that weapon has rogue levels, it doesn't...

From the FAQ for the Book of Common Sense, Verse 1: Q:If a ray of frost doesn't do any damage (such as when the correct Endure Elements spell is up...5 - d3 = 0), how does it get sneak attack damage? A:It doesn't. If the base weapon doesn't damage the foe, then that means your weapon did not...